Thanks.
However, Jn 6:39-40, 44, 54, 11:24; 1Co 15:52 locate the resurrection of the church in 1Th 4:16 with the trumpet call of God, which Biblically is the summons to judgment (Hos 58-9, 8:1; Am 2:1-2; Zep 1:15-17)
and in the last day, which Biblically is Judgment Day.
Scripture locates the resurrection of the church at the Final Judgment.
Ro 8:19-21 locates the revealing of the sons of God (resurrection) with the liberation of nature from decay (new earth), which occurs after the ravages of the tribulation.
So Scripture locates the resurrection of the church with the new earth, after the tribulation.
In the above, Scripture locates the resurrection after the ravages of the tribulation and
at the final judgment, and also locates the rapture with that resurrection in 1Th 4:16-17.
So Scripture locates the rapture with the resurrection at the end of time.
1Th 5:2-6 parallels Mt 24:42-44 and Lk 21:34-36, which gospel accounts both refer to Jesus' coming at the Judgment (Mt 24:30-31).
Therefore, 1Th 5:2-6 locates the rapture at the Judgment.
(Mt 24 refers to the Second coming at the Final Judgment at the end of time.)
So Scripture locates the rapture at the Final Judgment at the end of time.
And if Rev 20:4-5 is literal, then it locates the first resurrection (20:4) after the tribulation of chps 6-19, which precludes any resurrection before the tribulation.
So if Rev is literal, the first resurrection is after the tribulation.
So Scripture specifically locates the rapture with the resurrection of the church,
which is at the end of time, at the Final Judgment, and with the new earth.
The only things which follow the rapture are the Final Judgment and eternity.
The mystery of the church is that through the gospel, the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel (Eph 3:6), members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise of Jesus Christ (Ge 3:15).
And this mystery goes all the way back to Ge 12:3,
in the promise that all peoples (Gentiles) on earth would be blessed through Abraham.
That blessing is Jesus Christ, in whom all nations are blessed in his body, the church, his bride and wife (Rev 21:9).
There are likewise other references to the Gentiles being brought into the people of God, which is the church.
So these are the specifics which I find when I examine the Scriptures.
However, Jn 6:39-40, 44, 54, 11:24; 1Co 15:52 locate the resurrection of the church in 1Th 4:16 with the trumpet call of God, which Biblically is the summons to judgment (Hos 58-9, 8:1; Am 2:1-2; Zep 1:15-17)
and in the last day, which Biblically is Judgment Day.
Scripture locates the resurrection of the church at the Final Judgment.
Ro 8:19-21 locates the revealing of the sons of God (resurrection) with the liberation of nature from decay (new earth), which occurs after the ravages of the tribulation.
So Scripture locates the resurrection of the church with the new earth, after the tribulation.
In the above, Scripture locates the resurrection after the ravages of the tribulation and
at the final judgment, and also locates the rapture with that resurrection in 1Th 4:16-17.
So Scripture locates the rapture with the resurrection at the end of time.
1Th 5:2-6 parallels Mt 24:42-44 and Lk 21:34-36, which gospel accounts both refer to Jesus' coming at the Judgment (Mt 24:30-31).
Therefore, 1Th 5:2-6 locates the rapture at the Judgment.
(Mt 24 refers to the Second coming at the Final Judgment at the end of time.)
So Scripture locates the rapture at the Final Judgment at the end of time.
And if Rev 20:4-5 is literal, then it locates the first resurrection (20:4) after the tribulation of chps 6-19, which precludes any resurrection before the tribulation.
So if Rev is literal, the first resurrection is after the tribulation.
So Scripture specifically locates the rapture with the resurrection of the church,
which is at the end of time, at the Final Judgment, and with the new earth.
The only things which follow the rapture are the Final Judgment and eternity.
The mystery of the church is that through the gospel, the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel (Eph 3:6), members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise of Jesus Christ (Ge 3:15).
And this mystery goes all the way back to Ge 12:3,
in the promise that all peoples (Gentiles) on earth would be blessed through Abraham.
That blessing is Jesus Christ, in whom all nations are blessed in his body, the church, his bride and wife (Rev 21:9).
There are likewise other references to the Gentiles being brought into the people of God, which is the church.
So these are the specifics which I find when I examine the Scriptures.
The above Scriptures are based in certain and unequivocal NT teaching,
and they locate the rapture with the resurrection and Final Judgment at the end of time.
The curtain of time has come down. . .it's all over,
the NT specifically shows that the only things to follow the rapture are the Final Judgment and eternity.
The above Scriptures are the ones that must be dealt with regarding the time of the rapture.
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